The construction of any final illustration has, behind it, a series of decisions and choices that we often prefer to hide. But there’s power in showing them.
Category: Making
Direct, Suggest, Comment
Getting feedback on your art can be confronting. Knowing what type you’re getting helps. A lot.
Something from nothing
How does one go from a blank page to a rich and detailed illustration that makes us feel something?
Get the images out
Just imagining a drawing isn’t good enough. If no one can see it, how will I know it’s any good?
The necessity of unpleasant emotions
While all emotion sits on a spectrum of pleasant to unpleasant, what may matter more is the energy behind it.
Becoming more like me
Is it possible to iterate and calculate your way to your authentic self? Or, is the way to get there, in fact, the opposite?
Monks don’t use leaf blowers
Is there value in doing things the slow way, sometimes? And why don’t monks use leafblowers when there’s so much sweeping to be done?
The feeling of the thing
What does it mean to find ‘the feeling of the thing’ and why would anyone bother?
Those distinguishing features
Why are we so quick to identify what we don’t have rather than what we do have?
What are the stakes?
How might our stories have universal appeal and what can we use to make sure we don’t forget about the core conflict that makes it exciting?